File DR/1 - Journal of a Mission from the Supreme Government of India to the Court of Siam

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GB 891 DR-DR/1

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Journal of a Mission from the Supreme Government of India to the Court of Siam

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  • 1838 - 1839 (Creation)

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26 pieces 104 sides handwritten

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"Journal of a Mission from the Supreme Government of India to the Court of Siam" covering the dates 18 December 1838 - August 16th 1839. The Journal is incomplete. The journal gives accounts of the journey, the places at which Richardson stopped, and of his time in Bangkok. Not every day is represented in this account, and there are edits and annotations on the journal, possibly in a different hand.

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    Sections of this Journal were published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 8(96) December 1839: 1016-36; 9 (97), 1-3; 9 (99), 219-50.

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